Guzman, Hawkes and Raybee are 'Draw 'til You Drop' champs

After 27 hours, the original 20 participants in last weekends "Draw 'til You Drop fundraiser had dwindled to two.

Illustrator Heidi Guzman of Ukiah was going strong, and getting ready to design T-shirt art for next year's competition. Drew Hawkes of Ukiah, a "rebel street artist and musician" was putting the finishes on his latest drawing as part of his ongoing "world tour in the name of human rights".

The fundraiser was held at the Willits Center for the Arts.

Although Guzman outlasted Hawkes by the end of the fundraiser, which lasted a physically grueling 31 hours, Drew gained the title of top fundraiser with a total of $1,630 in donations for the Willits Center for the Arts.

The Arts Council of Mendocino County also benefitted from the all-nighter, which raised more than $9,400. Nancy Horowitz Moilanen and Elizabeth Raybee rounded out the top three artists for most funds raised.

Guzman, Hawkes and organizer-participant Raybee earned the top three spots for outlasting the rest of the group, in that order.